U S Standards Apply To Interstate Trucked Grain
A Cedar Rapids note from the U S Department of Agriculture states federal grain standards apply to grain moved by truck in interstate commerce. Official inspections and grades are required where inspectors are available. shipments between noninspector points may omit inspection with a noninspection invoice and misrepresentation warns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Uncle Sam
Federal
Cedar Rapids
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Fence Drift in Woven Wire Sparks Curious Trade Trend
A curious development over the last year notes a persistent tendency to trade horses for tractors. The observation highlights potential economic implications of this swap in rural livelihoods.
Home Talent Play Aims To Fund Vinton 4 H Building
Amateur artists present a three day show from February 22 to 24 in Newhall under Benton county Farm Bureau sponsorship. Proceeds will go toward building an exhibition hall and dormitory for the Benton county fair grounds at Vinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Newhall
Benton County Farm Bureau
Benton County Fair Grounds
Vinton
J. Potter Smith
Dysart Farm Fire Company Reports Eleven Rural Blazes in 1936
Special to The Gazette The Dysart Farm Fire company answered eleven rural fires in 1936. C. C. Sawyer was elected president with J. A. Mehlhaus as vice-president Ervin Moeller secretary and treasurer and G. H. Milne E. M. McElhinney and Henry Holst as directors. The group approved purchasing a new 100 gallon water tank for the fire truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dysart
Dysart Farm Fire Company
C. C. Sawyer
J. A. Mehlhaus
Ervin Moeller
G. H. Milne
E. M. McElhinney
Henry Holst
Runs Of Southern Cattle Pushed Up By Flood Distress
Distress selling in flood areas pushed Chicago receipts of southern cattle to a new high for the season, totaling twenty three carloads of common cattle called yellowhammers. Most came from Tennessee with Arkansas Oklahoma and Louisiana. prices ranged from 4.50 to 5.25 per hundredweight with some light cows at 3.50.
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UNION
Chicago
Tennessee
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Dealer Gets $5,000 For 75 Horses Taken In On Tractor Sales
In Vinton a New York buyer paid over 200 dollars per head for seven horses sold by Mackie and company. Seventy five head total were traded in for tractor purchases by area farmers. The sale brought about 5000 dollars with a top bid of 217.50 dollars for a five year old black gelding. Tony Schmitz of Van Horne acted as auctioneer.
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Vinton
New York
Mackie and Company
William Hansen
Dixon
Tony Schmitz
van Horne
Closing out sale yields varied farm assets near Winfield
The Clark Rodruck sale near Winfield moved many items including 100 bushels of corn at 1.14 a bushel and ensilage at 7.50 a ton. Livestock sold well with two mules at 160 and 140, a seven year old Shetland pony at 21, eight cows at 50 each, fifteen calves 11 to 24, a Shorthorn yearling bull 45, fall pigs 6.50 to 9, brood sows 25 to 40, and White Rock hens 10.50 a dozen. Auctioneers were Paul Klotz and Daniel Wenger. G. R. Arthaud clerk.
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Winfield
Clark Rodruck
White Rock
Paul Klotz
Columbus Junction
Daniel Wenger
G. R. Arthaud
Argentine corn imports and crop estimates headline federal report
Federal report shows 650000 bushels of corn imported at eastern ports from Argentina for the week ended Feb 5. Argentine corn shipments to the United States totaled 1811000 bushels last week. First official estimate puts 1937 Argentine corn crop at 16309000 acres, down from 18854000 the year before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New York
Argentina
Latvia
Siberia
Holland
New York Pork Imports Seize Week With 1 Million Pounds
New York reported imports of 1 006 717 pounds of pork cuts for the week ending February 5. Eight countries supplied the meat including Poland with 723 425 pounds Argentina 73 821 Canada 33 562 Denmark 14 326 Estonia 47 640 Hungary 26 521 Irish Free State 3 026 Lithuania 84 396.
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the Gazette
New York City
New York
Argentina
Canada
Denmark
Estonia
Hungary
Irish Free State
Lithuania
Poland
Ten Schools Compete in Vinton Grain Poultry Show
Fifteen judging teams from ten high schools plus 139 bushels of commercial corn enter the twelfth annual Vinton grain poultry and egg show running Wednesday through Saturday. Schools include Tipton Olin Maquoketa West Branch Marengo Belle Plaine Lamont Jesup La Porte City and Orange township. Principal speakers are Geoffrey Shepherd Ames extension economist and Ivan Trottnow of Dysart. The Benton County Poultry Association annual meeting is held with the show.
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Vinton
George Carlson
Tipton
Olin
Maquoketa
West Branch
Marengo
Belle Plaine
Lamont
Jesup
la Porte City
Orange Township
Geoffrey Shepherd
Ames Extension
Ivan E. Trottnow
Dysart
Strawberry Point students pick agriculture projects
Straw berry Point students in vocational agriculture classes led by Willis H. Magdefran will carry out projects this spring. Plans include feeding three baby bees, five dairy heifers, one sow and litter, 400 chicks and 100 ducks, plus growing three acres of potatoes, one and a half acres of truck garden and ten acres of corn.
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Gaz Strawberry Point
Willis H. Magdefran
Scotch Grove Grass Seed Wins At Ames
Scotch Grove grain from Farmers Grain company won first prize at the Ames corn and small grain show for the second straight year. Ernest W. Tigges entered red clover and Grimm alfalfa as a student competitor. Raymond Naylor, head of the company, learned the grain placed first again, marking consecutive yearly wins after 1936 when red clover and Grimm alfalfa took top honors.
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Scotch Grove
Farmers Grain Company
Ames
Ernest W. Tigges
Raymond Naylor
Maley Sells Hogs At Chicago For 10.30 A Cwt
Maley, a farmer near Olin, sold 79 head of hogs in Chicago last week at 10.30 per hundredweight. The sale reflects current meat prices and market demand as reported by The Olin-Willard Special.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard “Maley
Olin
Chicago
Buttermilk From 100 Pounds Butter Sells For 2714 Cents
Williamsburg reports new selling method at York Cooperative creamery annual meeting. Buttermilk yield from 100 pounds of butter averages twenty two gallons and buttermilk price 2742 cents per yield. Manager cites 1936 butterfat prices and production totals with mortgage reduction and building history. Directors reelected include Carl Holden H R Langlas Anton Heilhusen and others.
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Williamsburg
York Cooperative Creamery
York Township
Carl Holden
Arthur Glandorf
Albert Wille
Holden
H. R. Langlas
Anton Heilhusen
F. G. Boland
REA Information Service Planned In Governor Office
Homer Hush, assistant secretary of agriculture in Iowa, visits Washington for talks on the ever normal granary plan and to negotiate with the REA to set up an information bureau in Des Moines. Gov Kraschel says the REA has no regional office, and the Iowa office could help cooperatives seek rural electric service. He notes the entire state is a potential field for lines.
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Homer Hush
Iowa
Washington
Nelson G. Kraschel
Associated Press
Hush
Wallace
Kraschel
Federal
Rural Electrification Administration
Des Moines
REA
Farm Wiring Circular Aids Iowa Farmers
Harold H. Beaty Ames extension agricultural engineer urges farmers to consult electrical experts or use the new circular Farm Wiring from the Agricultural Extension service. The guide provides formulas and tables to plan farm wiring, detailing service wire size, meter location, bulb wattage, fuse placement, and load calculations for all farm and household appliances.
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AMES
Harold H. Beaty
Ames Extension Agricultural
Mr. Beaty
Agricultural Extension Service
Rural Electric Inspectors Course Planned at Ames
Harold H. Beaty, former extension agricultural engineer at Ames, announced a Rural Electric Service Inspectors short course to be held March 9 through 11. The event, first of its kind offered at Iowa State, is for the benefit of electrical inspectors as part of Rural Electrification Administration activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Harold H. Beaty
Rural Electric Service
Iowa State
Rural Electrification Administration
Farm Electric Line Course Promises Practical Installations
A three day session on farm electric lines outlines practical, economical, and safe methods for installing operating and inspecting lines. Speakers note Iowa allotments near three million dollars for line construction have spurred rural electrification interest. Beaty cites support from mutual insurance groups and others.
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Iowa
Beaty
Mutual Insurance Companies
Dead Co-Op Dissolves and Donates to Red Cross and Churches
At a dissolution meeting in Dysart sixty members of the Farmers Cooperative Livestock Shipping Association voted to allocate 850 dollars from the sinking fund. Fifty to Red Cross flood relief, five local churches receive 75 dollars each, Geneseo Community Church 75 dollars, Fairview Church 50 dollars, 60 dollars for dissolution expenses, with the remainder funding the Dysart public library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dysart
Farmers Cooperative Livestock Shipping Association
Red Cross
Geneseo Community
Fairview
Dysart Public Library
4-H Girls Place Wildlife Feeders In Norway Vicinity
Six nailkeg wildlife feeders donated by the Vin ton Fish and Game club and Vin ton Boy Scouts were placed in the community by the Florence Flyers and Fremont Peppy Pals 4-H clubs. Girls placing the feeders were Betty Lensch Elsie Rinderknecht Geneva Donna Melberg Ulah Mae Thomas and Germaine Christianson. Betty Lensch elected president of the Fremont township club. Helen Vaupel spoke on organization. Fourteen girls in the two clubs will keep conservation records this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
Vinton
Wapsie Valley C T A Reports January Milk Output
Independence report shows 424 cows on test with 56 dry, yielding an average 641.6 pounds of milk and 27 pounds of butterfat in January.
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Independence
Wapsie Valley
Annual Farm and Home Week Opens in Ames Iowa
Hundreds of Iowa farm men and women traveled to Ames for the annual Iowa State college farm and home week opening with a focus on planning for rural districts. Paul L. Vogt urged expanding cultural and avocational interests and group planning to improve country life. The event highlights included discussions on public questions, medical care, hospitalization and correct diets, and remarks praising soil conservation and AAA programs as precedents for community studies. The State Federation of Women’s Clubs will meet for three days with Mrs. H C Houghton speaking on the federation and the home.
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Ames
Ins
Iowa
Iowa State College
Paul L. Vogt
Program Planning Department
Henry Wallace
Vogt
AAA
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
H. C. Houghton
Red Oak
Iowa State Dairy Association Meets with National Dairy Council
The sixtieth annual Iowa State Dairy meeting is set for Thursday in the dairy industry building. Frederic Larrabee of Fort Dodge will preside at 9:30 a.m. Milton Hult, president of the National Dairy Council, will address the education program and the Iowa dairy industry’s role. Six state dairy breeders’ associations hold their mid-winter meetings Thursday afternoon.
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Ames
Iowa State Dairy Association
Dairy Industry
Frederic Larrabee
Fort Dodge
Milton Hult
National Dairy Council
Iowa Dairy Industry
Top Butterfat Commands 38 Cents a Pound at Rowley
Patrons of the Rowley Farmers Cooperative Creamery received 38 cents a pound for No 1 butterfat during the first half of January. Grade No 2 brought 37 cents and No 3, 36 cents. Butter delivered in late December was 1 cent higher on all grades.
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Rowley
Rowley Farmers Cooperative Creamery
Joe McGrath
Montz Heads Keokuk County Planning Group
Webster Noel Montz of Webster was elected chairman of the agricultural planning committee for Keokuk county at Sigourney. Henry Faas of What Cheer was named treasurer to succeed H. E. White, with Z. E. Zepp Ellis Conner Clay Barnett and Maurice Soults as members and county agent.
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Webster
Noel Montz
Keokuk County
Sigourney
Henry Faas
What Cheer
H. E. White
Z. E. Zepp
Ellis Conner
Clay Barnett
Maurice Soults
Linn County Cow Test Assoc No 2 Averages 24.6 Butterfat
The Linn C T A 2 reports January testing of 525 cows, including 93 dry, on test. The herd averaged 56.5 pounds butterfat per cow for the month.
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Linn C. T. A. 2
Linn County
Farm Auctions Set For Tuesday February Ninth
Dodge closing out sale two and a half miles northeast of Fairfax. Hansen livestock sale at Dixon.
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Dodge
Fairfax
Hansen
Dixon
Local Farm Auction Schedule From Feb 10 11
The notice lists horse and closing out sales across Iowa towns. Crist and Spear at Stanwood, Servison and Oliphant near Center Point, Patton near Coggon, Stentz at Springville, Hobbs near Marion, and Farrell east of Atkins. Sales span February 10 and 11 with distances shown.
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Crist and Spear Horse
Stanwood
Servison and Oliphant
Center Point
Patton
Coggon
Stentz
Springville
Hobbs
Marion
Farrell
Atkins
Lassen estate closing out sale in Marion
Closing out sale notices list Lassen estate in Marion 415 miles southeast. Also Armstrong closing out sale listed 104% miles north of Cedar Rapids, with date details for Tuesday and Wednesday February 16 and 17.
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Lassen Estate
Marion
Armstrong
Cedar Rapids
Guernsey Herd Averages Highlight Southeast Marion Region
A W H Lenders herd of fourteen registered Guernseys near Marion averaged 886 pounds of milk and 42.9 pounds of butterfat. A Mount Vernon area Holstein achieved 1 919 pounds of milk and 78.7 pounds of butterfat in January with E F Nation as the association tester.
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A. W. H. Lenders
Marion
E. C. Forest
Mount Vernon
E. F. Nation
Milk Income From Milk Tops A Billion In 1936
United States dairy farmers were paid a total of 1.417 billion dollars for milk in 1936, according to the Milk Industry Foundation of New York City. The foundation notes 1935 income was 128 million dollars less.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Milk Industry Foundation of
New York City
Central City Farmers Exchange Set Meeting Date
Central City announces its Farmers Exchange annual meeting to be held February 11. E. R. Finson, secretary, said directors will be elected to replace O. C. Brewer J. J. Drexler and Peter H. Karch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central City Farmers Exchange
Central City
E. R. Finson
Farmers Exchange
O. C. Brewer
J. J. Drexler
Peter H. Karch
County Land Use Planning Committee Findings
Murl McDonald announces five benefits from Iowa county land use planning efforts in 1936. Benefits include better soils understanding, new soils data for colleges and the department of agriculture, use in 1937 extension programs, guidance for conservation committees, and groundwork for 1937 corn acreage limits. Four study themes for 1937 cover livestock adaptation, conservation and production control, farm tenure, and on farm conservation measures.
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Murl McDonald
Ames
Iowa
McDonald
College
Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Conservation
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Vinton 4-H
Dysart Farm
Vinton Show
Strawberry Pt
York
REA Information Service
Governor’s Office
Pal
Sir Ronald Wingate
Rle
Dead Co-Op
C.T.A
Williams
Dairymen
Montz
1St Ave
Neip Markets
DIAL
M. G. Farrell
Covington
McCormick Deering
John Deere
Geo. Farrell
van Horne Palo Savings Bank
Carter
Fasteeth
May
Dr. Pierce
Frank Mather
Bluff St
Beatrice, Nebr
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Aturday
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